ETAACT 2027

September 24th – 25th, 2027 | Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University) (SOA), Bhubaneswar, declared as a Deemed to be University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, is one of India's leading institutions of higher education. The University offers a wide range of professional programmes in Engineering, Medicine, Dental Sciences, Nursing, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biotechnology, Management, Law, Hotel Management, Agricultural Sciences, and Veterinary Sciences. SOA was reaccredited by NAAC with the prestigious A++ Grade (the highest accreditation grade) in 2022, reflecting its commitment to excellence in teaching, research, innovation, and community engagement. The University provides a dynamic academic environment that fosters quality education, interdisciplinary research, innovation, and socially inclusive extension activities across its undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes. Over the years, SOA has emerged as one of the fastest-growing multidisciplinary universities in India. Guided by its vision of promoting contemporary and interdisciplinary research, the University has established itself as a centre of excellence in emerging fields of Technology, Medicine, Science, Management, and allied disciplines. The University has consistently secured outstanding positions in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Education, Government of India. It has been ranked 15th among universities, 26th in the Overall category, 27th in Engineering, 16th in the Medical category, 9th in the Dental category, 8th in the Law category, and 49th in the Research category. SOA is the only university in Odisha to have achieved such distinguished rankings across multiple disciplines. Recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), SOA has also earned international recognition through ABET (USA) accreditation for several of its engineering programmes, further demonstrating its commitment to global standards of academic excellence.